My 2-year-old baby still can't speak very well. Is there a problem?

A netizen asked: My son is 2 years old. Apart from occasionally calling "Dad" and "Mom", he rarely speaks. Other children of the same age talk a lot. I am very worried that he may have language defects?

Many parents will find that their toddler's vocabulary has increased rapidly, seemingly overnight.

Scientists believe that children do not learn languages ​​slowly, word by word, but rather there is a sudden "language burst" phenomenon.

Scientific research shows that this is likely a "snowball" effect.

Generally, children will experience a language explosion around the age of 1 and a half, but there will be certain individual differences in children's language development, and a few children will be later.

In fact, it is not important whether the language explosion period occurs early or late. Research results on infant language development show that children will reach a similar language level around 30 months old.

If a child under two and a half years old has no abnormal birth history, no obvious hearing, intellectual defects, etc., has a good understanding of language, and can communicate with people well (including eye contact, emotional interaction, etc.), then there is generally no major problem and parents can wait and see.

If there are any abnormal conditions in the above aspects, or if the child is over two and a half years old, you should go to the hospital in time and ask the doctor for assistance in making a judgment.